Wrong subject, oops. <rant> GRRRR I hate MS Outlook. Look what it did to my formating!!! And the "corporate lan" settings do not support wrapping characters at a fixed width, although the non-corporate lan settings do - but I can't change to them!! </rant>
Brad > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Beveridge > Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2003 8:17 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Easy of program install (was Paul Griswald(sp?) > just made my night!) > > > I'd like to point out that there is almost no reason why > linux games (programs) shouldn't be as easy to install as > clicking "game_install.exe" It is possible to statically link > the game binary (this actually has very little space overhead > most of the time) and basically have the binary runable on > most linux systems. I think the main difference is social - > Linux programers know their target audience have compilers & > enough nous to "./configure;make;make install" - whereas most > windows users have no compiler. So if Linux programmers > wanted to, they could distribute in a simpler binary form. > Also, I would argue that clicking "game_install" is equally > as safe as installing from source unless you go through that > source & understand everything that it does. Of course, > running game_install as a user carries better privledge > protection. How many of us blindly run "make; make install" > as root for certain apps? I know I do. > > Cheers > Brad > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Wilkinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 20 August 2003 8:23 p.m. > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Paul Griswald(sp?) just made my night! > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > > > > > "emerge vegastrike" is less than 50 characters. :-) > > > My 13 and a half year old has been doing that kind of command for > > > about 18 > > > months now. > > > > What if the game is not in the current emerge tree? I can > > find a linux game I've never heard of every day if I try to > > (and I try to!) :-) > > > > Sadly still not as easy as clicking on 'game_installer.exe' > > on a site, then clicking 'Open' when explorer asks you... > > > > 2 clicks to install a game is all that should be required to > > keep it simple for the new (hypothetical) generation of > linux users... > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch. > > > > PS. Is your boy still keen on some POVray scenes to play > > with? I've been having sooo much fun playing with macros to > > create objects with blended colours, and other nifty things! > > > > >
